exhaustif

\ɛɡ.zos.tif\

/\ɛɡ.zos.tif\/ adj

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The verdict

“exhaustif” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,967
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui inclut tous les éléments possibles d’une liste, qui traite totalement un sujet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exhaustif · exhaustif · French

exhaustif · rank #24,967 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,967
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exclues

Nearest frequency peer: exclues (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « exhaustif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « exhaustif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exhaustif vs exhaustive
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exhaustif
PropertyValue
Headwordexhaustif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛɡ.zos.tif\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,967
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exhaustif »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exhaustifse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exclues » (#24,966), « exhorte » (#24,968), « euphémisme » (#24,965). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exhaustif » est au #24,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around exhaustif (IPA \ɛɡ.zos.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,967 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for exhaustif, with forms such as "ehxaustif", "exahustif", and "exhasutif". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "exhaustive", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exhaustif, spelled E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui inclut tous les éléments possibles d’une liste, qui traite totalement un sujet.
  2. 2
    Qui absorbe toutes les ressources ou consume toutes les forces.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exhaustif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quelques mois plus tard, au début de l’année 1971, ce mémorandum fut complété par un travail plus exhaustif qui pouvait servir de base à l’analyse gouvernementale de l’ensemble des relations entre le Chili et les USA.
  2. Ce n’est qu’en 1930 que son assistant, Clyde Tombough, a trouvé, après une recherche exhaustive parmi des milliers de plaques photographiques, une nouvelle planète.

Synonyms

absoluachevécompletentierintégraltotalépuisantéreintantexigentexténuantexténuatifharassanttuant

Antonyms

fragmentaireinachevéincompletlacunairepartielsuperficielinspiratifreposantressourçantrestauratifroboratif

This word in other languages

exhaustive(English)exhaustivo(Español)vollständig(Deutsch)exaustivo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehxaustif
  • exahustif
  • exhasutif
  • exhausitf
  • exhausstif
  • exhaustfi
  • exhaustiff
  • exhausttif
  • exhautsif
  • exhhaustif
  • exhuastif
  • exxhaustif
  • xehaustif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exhaustif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ehxaustif2exahustif2exhasutif2exhausitf2exhausstif1exhaustfi2exhaustiff1exhausttif1
Edit distance from "exhaustif"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exhaustif"?
"exhaustif" is spelled E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zos.tif\.
What does "exhaustif" mean?
As an adjective, "exhaustif" means: Qui inclut tous les éléments possibles d’une liste, qui traite totalement un sujet.
What words are commonly confused with "exhaustif"?
"exhaustif" is commonly confused with "exhaustive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exhaustif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exhaustif" is \ɛɡ.zos.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exhaustif" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exhaustif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estivales#24,963détestait#24,953décrypter#24,946décoratif#24,944

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

désarmer13 variantsdivorcés13 variantshérétique13 variantsincursion13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list